The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-06-17
A HAPPY AND REMARKABLE Re- UNION
AED FAMILY GATHERING.
Parents, Children, and Grandchildren From
Different end Remote Parts Of the
Country Have Joyous Meeting
at the Family altar.

descended from healthy, moral IN
elhgent parents, the sum OF human
misery would be greatly diminish
ID. The world would be brighter
and better. A striking illustration
NAV be found IN the family of our
citizens DR.. D. J. Newbern and wife,
who had ON Sunday last Reunion
of their children, grandchildren,
and SOS in law and daughters>in
law 81 IN all who sat at the fami-
ly altar, presenting a wonderful
coterie of stalwart, handsome and
useful men and women.
DIR. D. J. Newbern was born IN
North Carolina, Jan. "a, 1924, and
Is the seventh son of Rev. DR.. VIM.
J. Newbern, and Lavinia Yates
Newbern. He comes OF English
and Scotch stock. His wife, Mrs,
KITTY Newborn, is of Irish descent.
She is the daughter of Maj. Ramsey
and his wife, Mrs. Olivia Ramsey,
who were among the first and most
prominent people to settle i'll this
county. They lived to ripe old
age, leaving a large circle of descen-
dants, who are scattered over half
a dozen states.
On the 18th day of November
1850, Miss Kitty Ramsey was mar
ried to DR.. d. ]. Newbern in Bolivar
Tenn. They were young, stout, OF
the sternest integrity, of the pures'
morals and possessed of an abund-
ance of good common sense. There
have been born to them sixteer
children, five OF whom died in infan'
cy. They have eight sons and three
daughters now living. The oldes
is 30, the youngest 8. Notwithstand
: ing four of them are minors, th'
aggregate weight of the eleven
1877 pounds, an average Of 152 81
Is pound. The DIR, weighs POI, an
y his wife ITO.
Is Among all their children there
not dwarf mentally or physically
IS The boys ale models of manly syn
o metry and those who have attaine
ia their majority are superb farmer
n not afraid to work, self reliant
active, and prosperous. The dAugI
ters are all that could be desire
e Robust, refined, gentle, lntelligen
at pious and Cody women. they are
acquisition to any society.
The younger children promise
follow in the same paths, and NAL
X equally as useful and valuable CT
in zens. Sickness is scarcely know
US among them.
lie, The influences under which t
he remarkable family has been rear
are lust such as to develop the hig
:; est type of manhood. They we
- raised to work. They were not s
40 fered to loaf about and waste ii
in idleness, but instead, they we
,oo carefully trained physically, moral
* intellectually, and in the practi'
things of life. In prosperity, or
versity, at all times and under
"a, circumstance they were careful
ing watched by their devoted paren
on and brought up Sin the nurt
re and admoniti)n of the Lord,
ton morning and evening prayers
Id, childl en- were always gathereC
vas hear the word of life read and
yet pounded, and listen to tile invo
tons to D city for a blessing Il
otis them. And the blessing came.
con they grew up, their parents had
Iol' pleasure Of seeing them enter
!, fold and become members of
w invisible body of Christ, as we
,otor valuable members Of the commu
,,lo,s in which their lots were cast.
he There is a saying that ma
the woman who raises a large famil
, If children to be good, useful, ho
, sil members of society, deserves n
the credit than the greatest ger
- . whose victories thrill the hearts
Il the nation. And it is so. 10
tho a child, and have the care and
NJ today of an immortal soul Is a
mendous responsibility. But to L
out of 1t an honored, useful, J
IN man or woman, and properly eu6
rked 1t for the duties of life, and
the which is to come, Is a greater ach
ches ment t han was eyer accompli
81 a by the most successful military
epre- The Bulletin trusts the Yener
APP parents may be spared to wit
'tort. many happy returns of this jo
crease reunion, and that IN their decli
use IN years, "their lives may tall in !
: like ant places" and that on the be
rate full shore they may meet IN
hour. and iov with their children
artlc> children's children to the zen
years generation.
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